Life

Life

Life isn't about keeping score.
It's not about how many friends you have
Or how accepted you are.
Not about if you have plans this weekend or if
you're alone.
It isn't about who you're dating, who you used to
date, how many
people you've dated, or if you haven't been with
anyone at all.
It isn't about who you have kissed,
It's not about sex.
It isn't about who your family is or how much money
they have
Or what kind of car you drive.
Or where you are sent to school.
It's not about how beautiful or ugly you are.
Or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on,
or what kind of
music you listen to.
It's not about if your hair is blonde, red, black,
or brown
Or if your skin is too light or too dark.
Not about what grades you get, how smart you are,
how smart
everybody else thinks you are, or how smart
standardized tests say you
are.
It's not about what clubs you're in or how good you
are at "your"
sport.
It's not about representing your whole being on a
piece of paper
and seeing who will "accept the written you."

LIFE JUST ISN'T.

But, life is about who you love and who you hurt.
It's about who you make happy or unhappy
purposefully.
It's about keeping or betraying trust.
It's about friendship, used as a sanctity or a
weapon.
It's about what you say and mean, maybe hurtful,
maybe heartening.
About starting rumors and contributing to petty
gossip.
It's about what judgments you pass and why. And
who your
judgments are spread to.
It's about who you've ignored with full control and
intention.
It's about jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge.
It's about carrying inner hate and love, letting it
grow, and
spreading it.
But most of all, it's about using your life to
touch or poison
other people's hearts in such a way that could have
never occurred
alone.
Only you choose the way those hearts are affected,
and those
choices are what life's all about.